Two Waipā residents – Sally Davies of Te Awamutu and Grahame Webber of Cambridge – have been honoured by King Charles III in the New Year’s Honours List released today. Others with Waipā connections are…
Two Waipā residents – Sally Davies of Te Awamutu and Grahame Webber of Cambridge – have been honoured by King Charles III in the New Year’s Honours List released today. Others with Waipā connections are…
By Julie Guest St John Anglican Parish I wonder what you hope for this Christmas. Whether we are heading home to our whanau or we ourselves are the hosts, all of us have hopes. Maybe…
Work to replace 11kV underground power cables on Te Awamutu’s Racecourse Rd – started in May – has finished. Waipā Networks’ chief executive Sean Horgan said as the community expanded, so must its infrastructure. The…
This week I had a chat with Joshua Sargent with the Environmental Research Institute at the University of Waikato. He is an environmental spatial scientist, which is someone who combines the elements of environment, people,…
Campers in 1937 in the Waikato district were glad to see the sun after three waterlogged days. The weather change came at a time when 90 per cent of campers had capitulated, clambering into their…
Water safety agencies are calling on people to take care on the Waikato River this summer, particularly around dams and lakes in the Waipā and South Waikato districts. Water Safety New Zealand statistics showed 287…
Wintec has back tracked on plans to close several of its courses and lay off staff following a public outcry from the arts community and the regions. Wintec is a business division of Te Pūkenga,…
Thames-Coromandel District Council has voted not to sign the non-binding Waikato Water Done Well agreement exploring establishing a joint Waikato council-controlled organisation to deliver water services. Ōtorohanga and Taupo district council has voted to sign…
King Country landscapes by three of New Zealand’s most revered artists are part of the Timeline: Waikato Art 1850 to 2000 in the reopened Te Whare Taonga o Waikato Museum and Gallery. Paintings by Peter…
Nancy the South Island takahē has taken the unusual step of renesting after producing a chick at Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari this season. Her activities have resulted in staff restricting access to the maunga’s Tautari Wetland,…
